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Countries worldwide have drafted contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a dramatic escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah and Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Tuesday. No country has launched a large-scale military evacuation yet, though some are chartering aircraft as Beirut airport stays open. Here are…
Beirut: Israel’s military said Thursday it had hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital, as troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their strongholds around the country. Israel announced this week that its troops had started “ground raids” into parts of southern Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, after days of heavy bombardment…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash in the centre – on Oct. 3, 2024. The image shows subsets of extreme ultraviolet light that highlight the extremely hot material in flares and which are colourized in red and gold. (Image and Caption: NASA) The Sun…
30 minutes ago copy link India’s Foreign Ministry has said that the US Commission should pay attention to the issues related to human rights in its country. India on Thursday rejected America’s report on religious freedom. India’s Foreign Ministry said that USCIRF, the American commission on religious matters, is not an impartial institution. It wants…
Durga Puja celebrations got off to a rocky start in Bangladesh with the interim government and various Muslim bodies denying permission in several areas. The organising committees were also reportedly asked to maintain silence during Namaaz offerings and pay ₹5 lakh each as ‘jizya’. The developments came in the wake of multiple reports of idol…
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib revealed to CNN that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire shortly before his assassination by Israel on September 27. The ceasefire request, backed by US President Biden and French President Macron during the UN General Assembly, aimed to facilitate diplomatic efforts. Despite this, Hamas has…
The last two weeks have seen the Middle East teetering on a knife’s edge. While tensions have been high since the Hamas attacks last October, the developments in the previous two weeks have been particularly concerning. Tensions began to rise on September 17 when the pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded all of a sudden,…
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The US President has opposed any Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to Tehran missile attack. Joe Biden urged Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu to act “proportionally” against its regional arch-foe. Asked whether he would back Israel striking Iranian nuclear sites as it has long threatened, Biden said: “The answer is no.”Biden’s remarks came…
Hanga Roa, Easter Island: The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular “ring of fire” eclipse. Only Easter Island and a small area near the southern tip of Chile and Argentina witnessed an annular eclipse, lasting just a…